Air Ambulance Charter in India: A Complete Guide to Fast and Specialized Medical Air Transport

Air ambulance companies in India often market their aircraft as flying ICUs, but you should always request the specific configuration and medical equipment that will be installed in the aircraft for your loved one.

Bed-to-Bed Medical Transportation

One of the major benefits of a specific medical flight is the opportunity to plan your complete journey.

Suppose there is a patient requiring a transfer from a smaller city hospital to a specialized hospital in Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai or any other well-established hospital. An integrated service could have a single point of contact arrange the hospital pickup, transfer to airport, flight, hospital transfer at the destination, ambulance transfer and hospital admission.

This alleviates the burden of organizing additional arrangements for a family already under stress.

Ref: Published literature on the experience of air medical transportation in India highlights the role of communication between referring and receiving hospital, operations team, medical team, airport, patient and the family.

Air Ambulance vs. Commercial Flight

For some, the time needed to travel by commercial flight may be sufficient to have regard to the availability of stretcher space, oxygen, cabin space, medical equipment, and the patient's tolerance of flight.

An air ambulance charter in India offers more flexibility and the aircraft and equipment can be designed on pre-requisites of the patient. The patient can be kept under the constant supervision of the clinical team through the course of the flight and react accordingly to the process.

That doesn't mean an air ambulance is always the right answer. Medical decisions and eligibility for air transport should be made by the treating physician and aeromedical team.